Frankfurt Book Fair has announced that researchers from European atomic research organisation CERN will participate in this year’s event on October 10-14. The CERN stand will occupy 165 sq m in Hall 4.2, the Hall for Expert Information, Science, Technology and Education. Among the displays is the first server of the World Wide Web, which was developed in 1989 in Geneva. Also for the first time, a model will be shown of the cases of anti-matter, which were used in Ron Howard’s film Angels and Demons.
Using the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particle accelerator, CERN researchers have been trying to unravel the origin of the universe. The ‘World Machine’ lies 100 metres under the surface in a 27 km long tunnel.
At the Fair, the researchers will take questions directly as visitors get a live connection look into the CERN control room. In order to make the adventure of particle physics understandable close-up, an interactive ‘LHC Time Tunnel’ is being built especially for the Frankfurt Book Fair. It takes visitors into the microworld of elementary particles and uses immersion projections to view the effect of the Higgs field. It also allows simulation of the collision of 2 protons with LHC energy.
Every 2-3 hours physicists from CERN will stand on the presentation platform to give 20-minute talks with a general overview of the goals and the state of research at CERN. Questions can be submitted to the researchers by texting, Twitter, or by e-mail.
